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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a grant agreement and a food donation agreement with the California Department of Education for the 2008 Summer Food Service Program;
Authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District for food preparation for the 2008 Summer Food Program;
Authorize City Manager to execute sponsor/site agreements with the agencies listed in Attachment A; and
Authorize City Manager to execute any future documents, including amendments, necessary to accept funds, implement, and administer the 2008 Summer Food Program. (Districts 1,2,4,6,7,8,9 and portions of Signal Hill)
DISCUSSION
Since 1980, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) has operated a summer food program that provides free lunches to low-income children, 18 years of age and under, who, in the absence of the program, would not receive their normal lunches during summer vacation. The participation of other agencies is also necessary for the program to run successfully. City Council approval is required to execute agreements necessary for PRM to operate the 2008 Summer Food Service Program (Program). These agreements include a grant and food donation agreement with the California Department of Education (CDE), an operational agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD), and sponsor/site agreements with other agencies and nonprofit organizations (Attachment A).
The Program will run from June 23, 2008 through August 22, 2008. PRM's payment to the LBUSD, for food preparation and delivery only, is projected to be approximately $234,000, which represents a cost of $2.34 per lunch. Major funding for the Program will be provided by the CDE, which will reimburse the City at a rate of $2.99 for each meal served, which includes the meal, plus PRM's operating costs eligible under the grant.
The meals will be provided at 31 sites throughout Long Beach, and three sites in Signal Hill (Attachment B)...
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